Learn more about The Night Before First Grade:

'Twas the night before first grade.|I kissed my dog Clover.|"School's starting tomorrow|because summer is over." (from the first line)

For use in schools and libraries only. Penny''s excitement over the start of first grade turns to sadness when she and her best friend are placed in different classrooms, but they make the best of it--and some new friends.

From the Publisher:Penny's excitement over the start of first grade turns to sadness when she and her best friend are placed different classrooms, but they make the best of it--and some new friends--in this poem based on "The Night Before Christmas."

Annotation:This is an engaging, rhyming picture book about the excitement of first grade using the classic "Night Before Christmas" poem format to share the ups and downs that children can expect. Making lunch all by herself the night before, redheaded Penny can hardly wait for the first day of school when she'll see her best friend, Jenny, again. The two show up for school in matching outfits--and then they discover that they aren't in the same class! Penny is disappointed, but she decides to be brave and hope for the best. This uplifting story is illustrated with loose, splashy watercolors.